May 29 () - UnitedHealth's insurance unit on Friday said it would eliminate prior approval requirements for ‌about two-thirds of its healthcare services for members under ‌age 18, as insurers aim to ...

Major health insurance providers have agreed to reduce the need for prior authorization — the requirement that patients must get approval from insurers before receiving certain treatments or risk ...

A lot has been said about the outpouring of social media posts in the wake of the killing of insurance company CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month, with many of the posts describing horror stories ...

Patients in Iowa will soon no longer need to wonder if their health insurance companies will approve certain care their ...

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An oft-repeated phrase dating back to the fourth century B.C. is that physicians should "first do no harm" when treating patients. In the present day, insurance companies - which report to their ...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. He weighed 97 pounds and wasn’t expected to survive a year ...

A man with leukemia wrestles with his insurance company for access to medications to manage his excruciating pain. An oncologist is forced to delay needed treatments while arguing for health insurance ...

Colin J. Haller was smart, funny, ambitious and athletic. And he was just 25 when he was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma. The Maryland native had already launched a successful internet marketing ...

The largest U.S. health insurer said it will eliminate approval requirements for some treatments, including select outpatient surgeries and other procedures.

Health insurance coverage disruptions in the prior year led to issues with healthcare access and affordability for currently insured cancer survivors, according to an American Cancer Society study ...